SPECIAL
RECYCLING INSTRUCTIONS
Faculty
and Staff | Residence Hall Residents | Family Housing Residents | Off-Campus
Residents
Faculty
and Staff
Newspaper
and Office Pak can be conveniently recycled in your own
desk side recycling bin!
- Place your newspapers in one side and office
pak on the other side of the divider in the bin.
Desk side recycling bins are emptied once a week
by Collections Staff. Call Facilities Management at 2-5321
for your office’s desk side collection day or to
request additional bins.
Use the Where to Recycle Chart to find out where to bring Co-Mingled Containers, Corrugated Cardboard, and Magazines and Catalogs.
Special Materials. Separate diskettes, transparencies, CDs and Tyvek envelopes and mail in small quantities to Recycling at Campus Box 209. Toner cartridges and ink jet cartridges can be deposited in Norlin Library at Imaging Services or taken to the Intermediate Processing Facility.
In-Office
Trainings. CU Recycling staff can visit your office or
department to share the latest information on recycling
at CU and
assess how much your office
has helped the environment through your recycling and waste reduction
efforts.
Green
Products Guide. You are not recycling unless you are buying recycled products. CU has
compiled the Recycled Products Guide which contains information on
recycled options for a wide variety of products.
Special
Collections. If you are cleaning out files,
storerooms, etc. and have more recyclables than the current
recycling station can handle, please call 2-5321 to
arrange for special containers and collections.
Confidential Shredding. At your request, CU Recycling crews will collect your sensitive documents and take them to our on-campus facility for shredding and recycling with a guarantee of confidentiality. A certificate of confidential destruction can be provided. Click here for more information.
Pallet
Recycling. Used wooden pallets are collected from the
main campus loading docks once a week. Please place your
pallets out of the way. Do not put pallets
in the trash. Call 2-5321 for a special pickup if you have a large
quantity of pallets.
Battery
Disposal. Environmental Health & Safety accepts
sealed and non-leaking batteries from pagers, cell
phones, laptops, etc. from University operations.
Dispose alkaline batteries as trash. Contact 2-7845 for more info.
Stay
Informed. Receive monthly updates on local & national
recycling developments, new programs, and upcoming events.
Send an e-mail message to listproc@lists.colorado.edu.
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Get
involved. Work with the Staff Council or Boulder Faculty Assembly to improve
campus recycling. Or, volunteer with CU Recycling to educate others
about the benefits and ways of recycling. Share your ideas with us!
Be
a Recycling Leader. By "adopting" a campus building, you’ll
have the potential to influence your peers and save dozens
of trees. Give us a call to
find out how to educate other students, faculty and staff about the
benefits and proper procedures of recycling.
Residence Halls
USE YOUR IN-ROOM RECYCLING CONTAINER!
Thanks
to RHA, the blue recycling container in your room
is there to make recycling easier.
- Use the blue bin to store and tote your recyclables. Commingled containers (bottles and cans) can be mixed with paper fibers
- You are responsible for taking your trash & recycling
to your hall’s designated areas.
- Cardboard boxes must be flattened and go into the specific dumpster for
cardboard. Since Cardboard takes up a lot of space and will fill up
the recycling bins, please flatten it and put it in the Cardboard
dumpster
- If you are missing your in room recycling bin go to http://fixit.colorado.edu. Housing Facilities will deliver you a new bin shortly.
Stay
Informed. Receive monthly updates on local & national
recycling developments, new programs, and upcoming
events. Send an e-mail message to listproc@lists.colorado.edu.
In the message text, type: Subscribe recycling-infolist .
Get
involved. Work with the Residence Hall Association to improve
campus recycling. Or, volunteer with CU Recycling to educate
others about the benefits
and ways of recycling. Share your ideas with us!
No
news is good news. One newspaper subscription uses two
trees in just one semester! Do you really need your own? Read
the news
on-line, share
a subscription with
friends, or buy from a vending machine when you need one.
Reduce
your waste. Carry a reusable mug to use instead
of disposable cups. Use your backpack instead of
a bag. Use
your head — cut
your waste.
Be
a Recycling Leader. By "adopting" a campus building,
you’ll have the potential
to influence your peers and save dozens of trees. Give us a call
to find out how to educate other students, faculty
and staff about the
benefits and proper procedures of recycling.
Family Housing
In Family Housing, recycling bins are located near each court’s trash dumpsters: commingled containers can be mixed with paper fibers in the same bin.
Remember: Cardboard boxes must be flattened and go into the specific dumpster for cardboard. Since Cardboard takes up a lot of space and will fill up the recycling bins, please flatten it and put it in the Cardboard dumpster
Family Housing Recycling Locations:
- Athens Lot 145
- Athens Lot 151
- Athens Lot 146
- Athens Lot 147
- Athens North Lot 131
- Smiley Lot 506
- Smiley Lot 513
- Smiley Lot 522
- Smiley Lot 533
- Smiley Lot 509
- Smiley Daycare Center
- Newton Lot 192
- Newton Lot 177
- Newton Lot 179
- Newton Lot 196
Stay
Informed. Receive monthly updates on local & national
recycling developments, new programs, and upcoming
events. Send an e-mail message to listproc@lists.colorado.edu.
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Get
involved. Work with the Family Housing Tenant Council
to improve campus recycling. Or, volunteer with CU Recycling
to educate others about the benefits
and ways of recycling. Share your ideas with us!
No
news is good news. One newspaper subscription uses two
trees in just one semester! Do you really need your own?
Read the news on-line, share a subscription
with friends, or buy from a vending machine when you need one.
Reduce
your waste. Carry a reusable mug to use instead
of disposable cups. Use your backpack instead of
a bag. Use your head — cut your waste.
Be
a Recycling Leader. By "adopting" a campus
building, you’ll have the
potential to influence your peers and save dozens of trees. Give
us a call to find out how to educate other students, faculty and
staff about the benefits and proper procedures of recycling.
Off-Campus Recycling
In
Boulder:
- Recycling in Boulder is collected by your trash hauler. The City of Boulder requires haulers to provide unlimited recycling service at no additional cost. All haulers provide single-stream recycling (Co-mingled Containers and Mixed Paper -cardboard, magazines, phone books, paperboard, office paper- collected together). Contact Recycle Boulder at 303-441-4234 or EcoCycle at 303-444-6634 with questions or for a list of haulers.
Other
Cities in Boulder County:
Recycling
Centers:
- EcoCycle (5030 Old Pearl St.) accepts hard-to-recycle materials such as computers, printers, TV’s, block Styrofoam, plastic bags, textiles, athletic shoes and hardback books. Open Mon-Sat, 9am-4pm. Call 303-444-6634.
- Boulder County Recycling Center (1901 63rd St. @ Arapaho Ave.) accepts scrap metal and separated office paper, cardboard, magazines, paperboard and co-mingled containers. Drop-off center open 24 hours. Contact 720-564-2220 or www.bouldercountyrecycles.net for guidelines.
- Boulder County Household Hazardous Waste Facility (5880 Butte Mill Rd.) accepts auto batteries, paint, cleaners, motor oil, antifreeze, adhesives, gardening products, etc. Drop-off open Weds, Fri & Sat, 8am-12pm. Call 303-441-4800 for more information.
No
news is good news. One newspaper subscription uses two
trees in just one semester! Do you really need your own?
Read
the news on-line, share a subscription with
friends, or buy from a vending machine when you need one.
Reduce
your waste. Carry a reusable mug to use instead
of disposable cups. Use your backpack instead of a
bag. Use your head — cut your waste.
Get
involved with the Green Teams. Spread the recycling
word on the Hill. Visit student houses with information
on how,
when and where to recycle right. Contact us at 2-8307
for
more info.
Be
a Recycling Leader. By "adopting" a campus building,
you’ll have the potential
to influence your peers and save dozens of trees. Give us a call
to find out how to educate other students, faculty and
staff about the
benefits and proper procedures of recycling.
Stay
Informed. Receive monthly updates on local & national
recycling developments, new programs, and upcoming events.
Send an e-mail message to listproc@lists.colorado.edu.
In the message text, type: Subscribe recycling-infolist .
